The Ubuntu Developer team has announced that the Last development release of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat is out. Ubuntu 10.10 RC is now avialable for download. It has gone through a lot of improvements since alpha and now its time for the final touches. The Stable release of Ubuntu 10.10 is just 96 hours away !


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Lets take a look at the Changes :-


1) Ubuntu 10.10 Gnome :-

• The GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.32 versions. This particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API. 
• Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. 
• Shotwell has replaced F-Spot as the default photo manager. 
• Gwibber has been updated to support the recent change in Twitter's authentication system, as well as changing the back end storage to improve performance. 
• The Sound Indicator has been enhanced to include music player controls. 
• The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the new "Featured" and "What's New" views for showcasing applications, an improved package description view, and a "For Purchase" software category has been added. You can also now easily access your package installation history too. 
• Ubuntu One: Polished desktop integration with new sign up and sign in process. Tighter integration with Ubuntu SSO. Nautilus enhancements for managing folder sync preferences. Faster file sync speed. Share links to music within the Ubuntu One Music Store.

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As we all know that Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty and other versions come in a limited 700 mb CD, that means to have a computer running properly with Ubuntu requires an Internet connection.Sometimes, we come across hard-drive failures etc. , so this creates a problem of downloading all the updates and applications again.Moreover, internet is not available everywhere. So, to solve this, we have an application that will do just fine. APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows us to create one or more CDs or DVDs with all of the packages we’ve downloaded via ‘apt-get’ , ’synaptic package manager’ , ‘ubuntu software center’ and ‘add/remove’, creating a removable repository that we can use on other computers also . APTonCD also allows to automatically create media with all of the .deb packages located in one specific repository, so that we can install them into other computers ‘without the need for an Internet connection’.It also serves as a backup to our installed applications, programs and updates.Update Ubuntu offline with APTonCD which is an awesome application to do all backup of updates and softwares installed in Ubuntu.For more details visit : http://tinyurl.com/yldejhk

Ubuntu Tweak-a very good ubuntu manager with a nice UI for managing all ubuntu settings http://bit.ly/8NmMmj linux ubuntu opensource.
It will save you a lot of time as this application centralizes most of them and gives you a UI to control and configure your system settings yourself.Ubuntu Tweak makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings.Unfortunately, it is only for GNOME desktop environment . This is still under heavy development and very good utility for ubuntu users. Tweak is more or less like Ubun-student but a bit more stable and reliable with lesser bugs.But this application is also going heavy development , so watch for updates and latest releases regularly. It was basically build for the new Ubuntu users to help them getting a better ubuntu experience. We recon this a must have for your Ubuntu Desktop and we are sure it will improve your Ubuntu desktop significantly.
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Ubuntu Studio 9.10 : The Multimedia ToolKit Complete Installation Guide ubuntu studio http://tinyurl.com/ydama7r .

It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007. The main aim was to assemble suites of applications aimed at creative people. Suites including the best open-source applications like Graphic design and modeling applications i.e. GIMP and Inkscape . Blender, Kino, and Stopmotion etc are included for video creation; and Audacity, BEAST, Fluidsynth etc. for audio.